Different from Lu Dongzan's distress, the Hanzhou army was full of joy. Cheng Chumo went out to collect food, and Xue Wanchexing came back in a hurry, bringing a large number of cattle, sheep, troops and horses, and food. The morale of the army was greatly boosted for a while.
The two of them entered the Chinese army's tent together, and behind their luggage they said solemnly: "King of Han, fortunately you have not disgraced your order, and have come here to deliver your order."
"Thank you for your hard work, you two. I will take note of your merits first and give them rewards later." Qin Huaidao said with a smile. He was in a good mood. With this batch of food, not only the morale of the army will be stable, but also it can damage the morale of Tibet to a certain extent and drive a wedge between the Tibetan court. Killing three birds with one stone.
Birds, how happy they are.
"It's not hard work. When the general returned, he found that a dam was built upstream. Is the King of Han trying to cut off the water source in the city?"
He praised: "The king of Han is wise. Once there is a shortage of water in the city, there will be chaos and it will be destroyed without attack."
"Can the water be cut off successfully?" Cheng Chumo asked curiously.
Fang Yiai said dissatisfiedly: "Of course it can be done. I don't care whose plan it is. The King of Han personally inspected the site for a whole day and selected the location himself. How can the King of Han fail to succeed?"
Cheng Chumo looked at Fang Yiai in surprise, he hadn't seen her for three days, did he become a flatterer?
"What are you looking at?"
Fang Yiai suddenly became unhappy and continued: "It seems that you still don't believe it, and I didn't believe it at first, but the King of Han ordered to recruit tens of thousands of Tibetan people to work, use cloth bags to fill the sand, build huge wooden piles as the foundation, and choose shoals to make forts.
After the dam cut off the flow, the downstream dried up and many undercurrents appeared. The King of Han said it was an underground river flowing into the city. If there is no water flowing in, the city must be short of water. How can there not be chaos? "
Cheng Chumo asked in surprise: "Isn't this location selection too precise?"
"Nonsense, how could the King of Han make the wrong choice and waste his time?" Fang Yiai said angrily.
The key to cutting off the flow is to choose the site. If you choose the wrong site, you will be in vain. Once you choose the right one, you will completely cut off the water supply in the city. For this reason, Qin Huaidao conducted an on-site inspection for a whole day and deliberately chose a shoal in the upper reaches. The shoal is high, indicating that the underground soil is hard.
, thick, without undercurrents, and the terrain is different from the deep water area downstream, otherwise it would have collapsed and sunk long ago.
Another advantage of shoals is that the water is shallow and it is easy to build dams.
In order to ensure the success of the dam, Qin Huaidao had people dig a river embankment and divert the water to a depression in the south to create an artificial lake. In the future, large areas of farmland could be reclaimed around the lake.
Diversion and damming completely cut off the water source in the city.
This was also Qin Huaidao's original plan to destroy the city. It could not only defeat the Tibetans without damaging the city, but also create an artificial lake to develop agriculture and fisheries in the future. The dam would also be able to artificially control the water flow in the future to ensure that the downstream water supply was not really cut off.
It can be said that killing four birds with one stone.
After some pleasantries, Qin Huaidao's face suddenly straightened, and all the generals stopped talking and treated him seriously.
"Everyone!"
Qin Huaidao looked around and warned: "Lu Dongzan has a great talent, is good at forbearance, is fierce and decisive, and will never compromise. If you admit defeat, there must be countermeasures. I suspect that he will send a dark moon scimitar to assassinate me.
Army generals must pay attention to destroying our food and grass. After the generals return, they must strictly order the army to strengthen defenses. It only takes about three days of strict defenses and the city will collapse due to lack of water."
"Obey the order!" The generals accepted the order with a roar.
Qin Huaidao's eyes fell on Luo Ying and continued: "Stop the attack for three days and wait for the lack of water to lead to chaos in the city and reap the benefits. However, we must take precautions. Lu Dongzan is most likely to send a fake Dark Moon Scimitar.
Civilians approach our army, carry out assassinations and destroy food and grass. It is left to you. Not only must you prevent the assassinations, but you must also beware of them destroying the dam. There must be no mistakes."
"Follow the order!" Luo Ying responded solemnly, but stopped talking.
Qin Huaidao saw that Luo Ying was worried and continued: "There is no need to worry about the Chinese military tent, there is a guard regiment here."
Luo Ying nodded knowingly and looked at his brother Luo Wu.
Luo Wu confidently promised: "Don't worry, as long as I am here, no one can easily approach the Chinese army tent."
Qin Huaidao was very confident in the abilities of Luo Ying and Luo Wu. He looked around with sharp eyes and added: "After Cheng Chumo and Xue Wanche handed over the food and grass to the heavy army, they guarded both sides of the dam to prevent sneak attacks. The dam is the top priority.
, must not be lost or destroyed, otherwise military law will be imposed."
"Follow the order!" The two men responded solemnly, knowing that the dam was a matter of victory or defeat.
"Adjust the defense below. Luo Zhang is the front army to prevent Luoche City from suddenly sending troops. Fang Yiai is stationed on both wings. An Guogong is the rear army to guard the camp and guard against sneak attacks. Liu Hongji's baggage army is in the center to increase the training of new soldiers and arrange
Good logistics, Luo Ying's special forces guard the central military tent and assist Liu Hongji in training, there must be no mistakes."
"Follow the order!" Everyone accepted the order in a loud voice.
After discussing some details, each general dispersed and returned to his own army.
Qin Huaidao's eyes fell on the map of Tubo. Luoxue City was already in his pocket, so there was nothing to worry about. However, he had to be prepared for the Tubo King Qin's reinforcements. Even if they came with 30,000 to 50,000 troops, half of the troops would be allocated to guard them. The situation of the battle was unpredictable.
"Report——"
Just as he was thinking about it, a voice came, and then a guard hurried in and said solemnly: "To the King of Han, General Duoji is here."
"Xuan!" Qin Huaidao cheered up and put down his distracting thoughts.
Soon, there was a sound of armored Dorje striding into the tent. After saluting, he said: "King Han, I am here to ask the King of Han for some help."
"Oh, what's the matter?" Qin Huaidao was a little surprised.
Duoji hurriedly said: "King of Han, I feel that I am not capable enough to command an army of 100,000 people. Please ask King of Han to arrange more talented generals to help me."
When Qin Huaidao heard that this was a voluntary surrender of military power, he was a sensible man and couldn't help but laugh.
Duoji led an army of 100,000 to surrender. Although it is credible, we cannot be absolutely assured. There are too many troops and people's hearts are unpredictable. If something happens, there will be endless troubles. However, it is reasonable to take Duoji's troops directly.
If they don't get along, it will chill Duoji's heart and scare others away from joining him.
But Duoji took the initiative to hand it over, which was different.
After pondering for a moment, Qin Huaidao decided not to reorganize Dorji's troops. Once they were reorganized, Duoji's heart would also be shaken. With a move in his heart, he said: "Dorji, Qiangba, Kampot, Luosang, Dorji, Jiayang and others followed this king.
, but times have changed and I am worried that they will come to rescue them. Are you willing to go south?"
Duoji asked in surprise: "What does the King of Han mean?"
"Go fifty miles south, choose a place to garrison, block all King Qin's troops, accept those who are willing to defect, and annihilate those who are unwilling. Is it possible?" Qin Huaidao asked.
Dorje also knew the situation of Qiangba, Gongpot, Luosang, Dorje, Jiayang and others, and he fully agreed: "My subordinates know what the King of Han said, and were suppressed by Lu Dongzan, but people's hearts are unpredictable, and my subordinates are willing to go south and block it."
Please rest assured, King of Han, of all the reinforcements. However, we are short of generals to lead the troops, and we still need some support from King of Han."
Could it be that Qin Huaidao didn't know what Duoji was thinking, because he was worried about being labeled as a supporter of the army and respecting himself, so he smiled and said: "You are in need, and I am in need as well. I really can't support you, so I can only rely on you. I believe in you."